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Super-Rare Superstar: 1960 Ford Starliner 360hp High-Performance V-8
Muscle Car Review has been around as a magazine for more than 30 years, and in all that time it never featured a car like Nick Smith’s extraordinary 1960 Starliner.
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All-Original 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 Is the Find of a Lifetime
Ray Smith spent the last 25 years amassing every 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle part he could get his big paws on. Unfortunately for him, his basket case SS hardtop was a never-ending project.
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Rare Resto Muscle Shines at the 2015 Car Craft Summer Nationals
Holding a car event for the first time can be a dicey proposition. Will the venue work? Will the weather hold? Most important, will the people come and bring their cars?
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Which Would You Rather Own, 1970 Dodge Challenger or 2010 Dodge Challenger?
Which do you prefer, old-school pure mechanical precision or state-of-the-art modern computer-controlled technology? Both have their strong and weak points.
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977-Mile 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Drag Car Uncovered
"I opened the picture frame and out falls an old photo, a little bit hazy. You can tell it's real old. On the back of the picture is a little yellow sticky note that says, ‘This is what the car looked...
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The Amazing Story Behind the First Dana 427 Conversion of a 1967 Chevrolet...
Every story has a beginning. For this first-year Camaro with a small-block V-8, the story began with an early delivery from the factory to Brown & Hoeye Chevrolet in Mesa, Arizona, in November 1966.
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Four Rare, Low-Mileage Muscle Cars With Amazing Stories to Tell
The four cars you see here will make up the Muscle Car Review showcase at the 2015 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (MCACN) in Chicago.
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How to Make a Brand-New ZZ427 Crate Motor Look Like a Vintage L88
We decided to relic a Chevrolet Performance ZZ427/480 crate motor so it would look at home in the dirty (but original) engine compartment of our MaliBeater 1967 Malibu project car.
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Remembering Jack "Doc" Watson
You might know Jack "Doc" Watson as the Hurst shifter guy who showed up at drag races in the 1960s dressed in medical garb. He would fix shifters for racers, courtesy of the Hurst Corporation.
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The 25 Most Bitchin Muscle Cars at the 2015 Woodward Dream Cruise
More than the engineering epicenter for muscle cars, Woodward Avenue was home to one of the premiere cruising venues in the country. Like legendary Van Nuys Boulevard in Los Angeles, Woodward drew...
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The Culture of the Four-Speed Is a Beautiful Thing
Up from the carpeted floorboards rises a tall, cold steel shaft. It's strong and polished, and there's not a fingerprint on it. The deep chrome shines brighter than anything else around it.
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Wheels-Up Action & Rare Muscle Cars at the 2015 York US30 Nostalgia &...
Beyond the cars and stars, there has always been a sense of celebration at the annual 2015 York US30 Nostalgia & Musclecar Madness show. It has become the meeting point for many of the East Coast's...
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1970 AMC Mark Donohue Javelin Survives Theft and Floods
The year 1991 started off as a pretty good one for 25-year-old AMC fanatic Dave Goodwin. After four years of toil on his 1970 AM Javelin SST Mark Donohue Edition project, the potent pony car was...
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Unrestored 1966 Dodge Charger Hemi Has Unique Super Stock Drag Racing History
The term "Boss Hoss" was one way that Dodge referred to the new Hemi Charger in 1966 magazine ads, and the car lived up to that moniker. After all, there was actually nothing as exciting in the 1966...
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427 Big-Block Installation in MaliBeater, our Patina Project 1967 Chevrolet...
The 1967 Chevrolet Malibu that is our Project MaliBeater started life with a 283ci V-8 and a three-speed, column-shifted, manual transmission. Owner Brad VanHemert purchased the car in Arizona from the...
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Weird Options Set this 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Apart from the Rest
Muscle car collectors Gary and Pat Wolfe are the proud owners of this fully restored, Galleon Gold, 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Holiday Coupe. "This is kind of a weird option car," says Gary.
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2015 Muscle Car Classic: The Nicest Car Show in America
Longtime MCR readers have heard us say it before: The Muscle Car Classic (MCC) in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, is one of the best muscle car shows in the country.
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Trends in Muscle Car Collecting Continue to Evolve
Suppose we rewind all the way back to the start, when muscle cars were new. They were in showrooms, plentiful in newspaper classifieds and on used car lots.
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This Pair of 1967 L79 Chevrolet Chevelles Includes an Ultra-Rare Station Wagon
Jon Stephen is the lucky owner of these two classic Chevelles, both powered by the legendary 325hp L79 V-8 and backed with a Muncie M20 close-ratio four-speed manual transmission.
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You Won’t Believe This Secret Stash of Mopars Hidden for Decades
I wish I had listened to that voice in my head. A gentleman from the East Coast had contacted me years ago. "I have a bunch of amazing cars hidden away, many haven't been seen in decades," said his email.
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